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On Campus
FOR THE UC SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY
PROP. 13'S IMPACT
ON THE UNIVERSITY
Before the June 6 election, UC President Saxon
reported that passage of Proposition 13 could
result in a loss to the University of from 5 to
15 percent a year in state general funds. That
shakes down to a reduction in support of approximately $37 million to $110 million each year.
"Such a deduction," said Saxon, "would represent
a devastating decrease in program support that
would probably in the short run and certainly
in the long run require major rethinking of our
policies and capacities."
On Wednesday, June 14, the Council of Chancellors will hold a special meeting in Los Angeles
to consider the challenges presented by the public's landslide approval of 13.
"The passage of Proposition 13 will have serious,
but not calamitous effects upon the finances of
the University," says Chancellor Sinsheimer.
"Although some very general indications are
available, the specific fiscal impact is not yet
known. It is expected that faculty and staff
salary range increases and capital expenditures
will be most severely curtailed for 1978-79," he
says .
"Some reduction in operating budget will have to
be absorbed. As of now, it is not anticipated
that there will be any lay-offs of personnel;
it may be necessary to restrict new or replacement hirings.
"As the fiscal effects become clear, we will endeavor to distribute the burden as fairly as
possible, keeping in mind the essential purposes
of the University—education, research, and public service."
CLARK KERR HALL
The Social Sciences Building has been named
Clark Kerr Hall by action of the Regents.
The name honors the distinguished educator who
was president of the University of California
from 1958 to 1967 and is now chairman of the
Carnegie Council of Policy Studies in Higher
Education.
"It is altogether fitting that a major building
at UC, Santa Cruz be named for Clark Kerr," says
Chancellor Sinsheimer. "Together with Dean
McHenry, Kerr, as president of the University,
was instrumental in the planning of a cluster
college campus of the University of California
at Santa Cruz, and he has since closely followed
the development of UCSC."
Kerr and McHenry were roommates while doing
graduate work on their master's degrees at
Stanford. It was there that Kerr, a graduate
of Swarthmore, a small, independent college,
and McHenry, a graduate of UCLA, first conceptualized the blending of the advantages of a
small college setting with the strengths in
scholarship and research of a major university.
It was while Kerr was president of the University that the UC Regents appointed McHenry
chancellor of UC, Santa Cruz in 1961. Kerr's
particular interest in the UCSC campus has
continued throughout his career.
Have a Good
Summer!
ROOM AND BOARD RATES
SLATED TO GO UP
The high cost of energy, labor, and food has had
its effect on board and room rates at this
largely residential campus. The Housing Office
has announced that it will have to recommend an
average increase next year of 10.4 percent in
the residential colleges with dining halls and
a 17.2 percent increase in the two colleges,
Kresge and Oakes, that have private apartments
with their own kitchens.
UCSC Housing Officer Jerry Walters reports that
he is planning to draw on emergency and
maintenance reserves to keep the increases from
being any higher.
"We would like to keep our charges at least in
line with general inflation," says Walters.
The average cost to residential students, he
says, will go from $1,674 to $1,850 a year for
a double room and 19 meals a week. A single
room with board could be as high as $2,015 a
year.
At Kresge and Oakes, where most students cook
their own meals, the cost of a room only will
go from an average of $960 to an average of
$1,130.
Walters points out that food and general labor
costs connected with housing have increased
approximately 12 percent, while utilities have
gone up a whopping 56 percent.
Also, the number of students living on campus
has decreased from previous years. Currently,
40 percent of UCSC's 5,700 students live in
campus housing, putting the occupancy rate at
about 70 percent. The lower-than-desirable
rate has forced some colleges to close off
residential areas to students in order to save
maintenance and labor costs.
In some instances, the colleges have looked to
other uses for their housing. This year, for
example, Crown turned one residence hall into
a conference center to accommodate visiting
educational groups wishing to use the campus
for meetings. Next year, College Five will use
some of its housing space for the same purpose.
12 JUNE 1978

On Campus
FOR THE UC SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY
PROP. 13'S IMPACT
ON THE UNIVERSITY
Before the June 6 election, UC President Saxon
reported that passage of Proposition 13 could
result in a loss to the University of from 5 to
15 percent a year in state general funds. That
shakes down to a reduction in support of approximately $37 million to $110 million each year.
"Such a deduction," said Saxon, "would represent
a devastating decrease in program support that
would probably in the short run and certainly
in the long run require major rethinking of our
policies and capacities."
On Wednesday, June 14, the Council of Chancellors will hold a special meeting in Los Angeles
to consider the challenges presented by the public's landslide approval of 13.
"The passage of Proposition 13 will have serious,
but not calamitous effects upon the finances of
the University," says Chancellor Sinsheimer.
"Although some very general indications are
available, the specific fiscal impact is not yet
known. It is expected that faculty and staff
salary range increases and capital expenditures
will be most severely curtailed for 1978-79," he
says .
"Some reduction in operating budget will have to
be absorbed. As of now, it is not anticipated
that there will be any lay-offs of personnel;
it may be necessary to restrict new or replacement hirings.
"As the fiscal effects become clear, we will endeavor to distribute the burden as fairly as
possible, keeping in mind the essential purposes
of the University—education, research, and public service."
CLARK KERR HALL
The Social Sciences Building has been named
Clark Kerr Hall by action of the Regents.
The name honors the distinguished educator who
was president of the University of California
from 1958 to 1967 and is now chairman of the
Carnegie Council of Policy Studies in Higher
Education.
"It is altogether fitting that a major building
at UC, Santa Cruz be named for Clark Kerr," says
Chancellor Sinsheimer. "Together with Dean
McHenry, Kerr, as president of the University,
was instrumental in the planning of a cluster
college campus of the University of California
at Santa Cruz, and he has since closely followed
the development of UCSC."
Kerr and McHenry were roommates while doing
graduate work on their master's degrees at
Stanford. It was there that Kerr, a graduate
of Swarthmore, a small, independent college,
and McHenry, a graduate of UCLA, first conceptualized the blending of the advantages of a
small college setting with the strengths in
scholarship and research of a major university.
It was while Kerr was president of the University that the UC Regents appointed McHenry
chancellor of UC, Santa Cruz in 1961. Kerr's
particular interest in the UCSC campus has
continued throughout his career.
Have a Good
Summer!
ROOM AND BOARD RATES
SLATED TO GO UP
The high cost of energy, labor, and food has had
its effect on board and room rates at this
largely residential campus. The Housing Office
has announced that it will have to recommend an
average increase next year of 10.4 percent in
the residential colleges with dining halls and
a 17.2 percent increase in the two colleges,
Kresge and Oakes, that have private apartments
with their own kitchens.
UCSC Housing Officer Jerry Walters reports that
he is planning to draw on emergency and
maintenance reserves to keep the increases from
being any higher.
"We would like to keep our charges at least in
line with general inflation," says Walters.
The average cost to residential students, he
says, will go from $1,674 to $1,850 a year for
a double room and 19 meals a week. A single
room with board could be as high as $2,015 a
year.
At Kresge and Oakes, where most students cook
their own meals, the cost of a room only will
go from an average of $960 to an average of
$1,130.
Walters points out that food and general labor
costs connected with housing have increased
approximately 12 percent, while utilities have
gone up a whopping 56 percent.
Also, the number of students living on campus
has decreased from previous years. Currently,
40 percent of UCSC's 5,700 students live in
campus housing, putting the occupancy rate at
about 70 percent. The lower-than-desirable
rate has forced some colleges to close off
residential areas to students in order to save
maintenance and labor costs.
In some instances, the colleges have looked to
other uses for their housing. This year, for
example, Crown turned one residence hall into
a conference center to accommodate visiting
educational groups wishing to use the campus
for meetings. Next year, College Five will use
some of its housing space for the same purpose.
12 JUNE 1978